Blog of Kim Loon

I saw an update message on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X-10 Mini Pro to tell me to update my phone to Android 2.1, out of the blue. I had been waiting to update this phone from Android 1.6 to Android 2.x. My wait is finally over.

According to Sony Ericsson’s website, the benefits of updating to Android 2.1 are as follows:

1. Send files via Bluetooth
2. New additional applications will be available in Market
3. New Back up and restore application
4. Multiple Google accounts
5. Improved screen lock

There was a note that after the upgrade to Android 2.1, it would not be possible to go back to Android 1.6. Anyway, I wanted to update.

There was a page on the Sony Ericssion webpage telling us the steps on how to update.

According to the recommendation, I would need to backup my data. The original backup application in the phone was not working as expected. It kept telling me to insert flash memory.

An update to the backup software was available. I had to install the new backup software twice, because I did not disable the feature to disallow non-Android Market applications.

After I had done my back-up, I connected my X-10 Mini Pro to my PC. According to the instructions, the PC Companion would automatically detect and provide instructions on how to proceed. However, the PC Companion indicated that my phone software was the latest. Finally, I clicked on the update phone option in the “Support Zone”. From there, I selected “Repair”. At this point onwards, I just followed the instructions. This process took me about an hour.

After the updates, I did a restore. The phone would re-download all my new applications. This took a while to complete the process.

So how was the new Android 2.1?

The look was a bit different. I needed a little time to get used to it. Despite the Back-up and restore, I still need to manually re-keying the settings, like my Wi-Fi connection details. And all my saved data in the game “Angry Birds” was gone. I needed to re-play the game.

So far, I do like the new Facebook application. It provided more functions and features as compared to the previous version.

I am still in the mist of getting used to the Android 2.1. I believe soon I would be using some of the new features.